Gavin Henson? Gareth Bale?! The best of your suggestions to help with Wales' Rugby World Cup injury crisis

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Gavin Henson, Shane Williams and Gareth Bale: three men who may - or may not - stand in for the Welsh rugby team. Credit: PA

Wales are pondering who to call up next - after Liam Williams was added to a long list of injured backs during their Rugby World Cup campaign.

Welsh fans have taken to social media to put forward plenty of names for Warren Gatland and co. to consider.

There's a hashtag for Gavin Henson, Shane Williams is dusting off his boots - and there's even some talk around lightning-fast Wales football star Gareth Bale doing a job on the wing with the oval-shaped ball.

First of all, here's the full list of Wales' injured backs:

  • Jonathan Davies - Centre ruled out back in May with knee ligament injury

  • Rhys Webb - Scrum half sustained foot injury in final warm-up game against Italy

  • Leigh Halfpenny - Full back ruptured anterior cruciate knee ligaments in Italy game

  • Eli Walker - Wing ruled out due to hamstring injury

  • Jack Dixon - Centre cut from Wales' training squad then suffered kidney injury with Dragons

  • Cory Allen - Centre suffered hamstring injury in opening World Cup game against Uruguay

  • Scott Williams - Centre damaged his anterior cruciate ligament in victory over England

  • Hallam Amos - Wing ruled out due to dislocated shoulder against England

  • Liam Williams - Wing/full back suffered recurrence of foot injury in defeat to Australia

Asked about who could be called up next during Sunday's press conference, Skills Coach Neil Jenkins mentioned himself - and then spotted former Wales wing and full back Rhys Williams at the back, working for ITV Cymru Wales.

Williams is 35, but won the last of his 44 Welsh caps back in 2005.

Watch the clip here:

So who could be next?

Fans' favourite Gavin Henson has not given up on playing for Wales.

The 33-year-old utility back, who now plays for Bristol, has got 33 caps, but the last came in 2011.

His name's been flying around on Twitter - there's even a #Gav4Wales hashtag - and apparently it could inspire a film too...

This mock call-up list is particularly amusing - with Shirley Bassey at the bottom - but we should point out the Twitter account does not belong to the real Gavin Henson:

The real Shane Williams tweeted to put his name forward - although only in jest we assume.

The 38-year-old is Wales' all-time leading try scorer, but got the last of his caps in 2011, playing in Japan until finally retiring last November.

And finally, how about switching sports altogether?

Fresh from inspiring the Welsh football team to Euro 2016 qualification, Gareth Bale could put his pace to good use for the rugby team, according to some fans:

Of course, Gareth did go to school with Wales rugby captain Sam Warburton - and he even met some French rugby players this week:

So, all things considered, and a few more injuries picked up along the way, here's the best suggestion we've seen for Wales' backline for the World Cup final in a few weeks' time: